Indian Wells Masters Draws: The much awaited Indian Wells Masters Draw has been unveiled. The draw is led by World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz after the withdrawal of Novak Djokovic. The 19-year old Spaniard is placed in a tough quarter that has Andy Murray. He will also face challenge from eighth seed Felix Auger Aliassime and ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz. Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev, who is in red-hot form also faces a big test. The tournament is set to get underway from 9th March 2023, Wednesday. Follow Indian Wells Masters 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Indian Wells Masters Draws: Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray in same quarter, In-form Daniil Medvedev placed in tough quarter – Check Out
Men’s Singles Draws
Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray in first quarter
Section 1
Carlos Alcaraz will lead the first quarter of the Men’s Singles Draws. The Spaniard is the top seed following the withdrawal of Novak Djokovic. The World No.2 has received a bye to the second round. He awaits the winner between wildcard entrant Brandon Holt and a qualifier.
Meanwhile another top player who is present in this quarter is Andy Murray. The former World No.1 is unseeded. He will begin his campaign by facing Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry in the first round.
15th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 24th seed Dan Evans and 31st seed Tallon Griekspoor are the other seeded players in the same section. All of them have received byes to the second round. Griekspoor will begin his campaign by facing the winner between Thiago Monteiro and Guido Pella.
Dan Evans meanwhile either will face his compatriot Jack Draper or a qualifier. Pablo Carreno Busta will have a challenge as he is likely to be up against Andy Murray in the second round.
Section 2
Eighth seed Felix Auger Aliassime and Ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz find themselves in the second sectiuon of the first quarter of the draws. Both the players advanced o the second round directly. While, Hurkacz will begin his campaign against a qualifier, Aliassime will be up against the winner between Pedro Martinez and Marc Andrea Huesler.
Francisco Cerundolo, who is the 27th seed and 17th seed Tommy Paul are the other two seeded players in the quarter. Both of them have been given a bye to the second round. The winner between Gregoire Barrere and Jack Sock will face Cerundlo in the second round. Tommy Paul will be facing either Michael Mmoh or Wuentin Halys.
Defending champion Taylor Fritz headline second quarter
Section 3
Taylor Fritz, who is the fourth seed leads the second quarter. He will begin his campaign from the second round and will face either Ben Shelton or Fabio Fognini. 16th seed Alex De Minaur is the next top seed in this section. He will be up against the winner between JJ Wolf or Marton Fucsovics.
Meanwhile, Alex Molcan and Albert Ramo Vinolas will clash in the first round. The winner will face 18th seed Borna Coric in the second round. Sebastian Baez, who is the 30th seed is the only other seeded player in this section. He will meet either Mikael Ymer or a qualifier in the second round.
Section 4
7th seed Holger Rune leads the second section in the second quarter. The Dane will meet the winner between Mackenzie McDonald and Filip Krajinovic in the second round. Stan Wawrinka is also present in this section. He will face a qualifier in the first round and is likely to set up clash against 26th seed Miomir Kecmanovic in the next round.
11th seed Jannik Sinner is also present in this quarter. He is likely to begin his campaign against Richard Gasquet. Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem has received a wildcard and he will face Adrian Mannariono in the first round. The winner between them will take on 19th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the second round.
Daniil Medvedev, Caper Ruud and Alexander Zverev in third quarter
Section 5
Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev, who has won four successive titles this year is in the third quarter of the draws. He will begin his campaign in the second round by facing the winner between John Isner and Brandon Nakashima.
Alexander Zverev is also in the same section. He is the 12th seed. The German has received a bye to the second round. He will face either Pedro Cachin or Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first match in the tournament. 22nd seed Roberto Bautista Agut and 28th seed Botic van de Zandschulp are the other seeded players in this section of the third quarter.
While Agut will face the winner between Emil Ruusuvuori and Constant Lestienne in the second round, Zandschulp will meet either Ilya Ivashka or Roman Safiullin.
Section 6
Casper Ruud, is the top-seeded player in the third quarter. He will face Diego Schwartzman or Federico Coria in the second round. 13th seed Karen Khachanov, 23rd seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and 29th seed Yoshihito Nishioka are the other seeded player in this section of the third quarter.
Khachanov will face either Laslo Djere or Oscar Otte in the second round. Meanwhile, Fokina will face the einner between Wu Yibing and Jaume Munar. Nisikoka is likely to face Daniel Galan.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev lead final quarter
Section 7
Sixth seed Andrey Rublev headlines the action in the upper section of the final quarter. The sixth seed will begin his campaign against the winner between Jiri Lehecka or Arthur Rinderknech. Rublev is likely to set up clash against 25th seed Denis Shapovalov. The Canadian willmet either Zpatta Miralles or Ugo Humbert in the second round.
Cameron Norrie, who is the 10th seed is also in this quarter. The Briton will meet either Alecander Bublik or a qualifier in the second round. 20th seed Matteo Berrettini is likely to set up clash against Roberto Carballes Baena in Round 2.
Section 8
Stefanos Tsitsiopas leads the final quarter. He has received a bye to the second round and will begin his campaign by facing eitrher Jordan Thompson or Gael Monfils. This section of the quarter also has 14th seeded American Frances Tiafoe. He will be meeting one of his compatriots between Marcos Giron or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the second round.
32nd seed Maxime Cressy is also in this section of the quarter and he will be playing a qualifier in the second round. Meanwhile, 21st seed Grigor Dimitrov will open his campaign against the winner between Jason Kubler or Lorenzo Sonego.
Indian Wells Masters Draws: Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray in same quarter, In-form Daniil Medvedev placed in tough quarter – Check Out
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